Record holder



Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,477

R. N. MCCLURE nEcoR HOLDER Filed March 27. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 19 1924.

R. N. MCCLURE RECORP HOLDER Filed March 27, `192 2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 19, 192,4.

UNITED STATES noDNnY u. Meerman or sAwrELLEjoALIroaNIA.

f .RECORD HOLDER.

AppiieationmedMarcha?,1922;. 'serial No. 547,231. f

To all whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, RODNEY N. MCCLURE, a citizen of the United States,"residing atl Sawtelle, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Record Holders, ,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to 'a device for holding records and articles o-f similar character. An object of the invention is to provide a record-holder in which a plurality of records may be supported horizontally in a cabinet and each record removedwand re-k placed without disturbing adjacent` records embodying a series vof complementary record-supporting units so forme-d and constructed that the units maybe disposedfin stacked arrangement.

Another object is to provide a. construction whereby the stacked units may be readily set in place and securely held in position in the cabinet, embodying means whereby the units will be engaged and .held collectively so as to obviate separate or independ` ent fastenings for each unit.

A further object is to provide ahorizontally extending oscillatory record-carrier and a support therefor and to provide a means whereby the carrier may be' readily I y "with the plates 1nA the opposlte stack sup-` ported upon each pair of the horizontally' moved into an advanced or .retractedk po-y sition. l 'K i i With the foregoing 'objects in view,' together with such other objects and aolvanv tages as may subsequently appear, my in-` vention resides/in yemploy'ingthe parts and the construction, arrangement and 'combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying. g A y I 'f f V extensions 27 'on the shelves to receive the columns 11 and 14.7 f

drawings, in which :,-y l A y Figure 1 isl a fragment-aryviewin front elevation of a cabinet fitted with the'record-y carriers.. l

Fig. 2 is 'a plan view withparts broken Fig. 3 is a detail line 3- 3 of Fig. 2. i V

Fig. 4 is a detail ofa l'atch'forfeng'aging the record-carrier. Fig. 5 ris a view in perspective villustrating the manner of assembling the units.

in section seen/ion the.

Fig. 6 is a perspective4 viewr of a kfiller .f plate employed to adapt the carrier for holding records of differenti diameter. l t i p Fig. 7 is a detail in cross section as seenon the line, 'f ,Fg- 2,

Fig. 8 is a plan view illustrating a More specifically, 9-and 10 indicatethe superposed top and bottomk members of a cabinet. p f y Mounted on the bottom member adjacent 17cm which the top ymember 9may` seat the reduced portions 18 extending into the top memberand being internally threaded to receive'screws19. In carryingv out my invention I employ a seriesfof plate members 2O and 21 which lare designed to bearranged in f stacks adjacent the side portions of the cabinetin `engagement with the columns; the plates 2O and 21 havingopenings to receivey the columns. y

The plates 20 and 21 are formed with down-turnedy end flanges 23 and have lupturned fianges 24 on their outer edges, which flanges serve as spacers to supportadjacent plates in the stacks in spaced relation to each other. The plates 20 and 21`are armodiyfied form of the invention. f

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ranged in their respective stacks withuthe plates in one stack in horizontalalignment sides ofthe cabinet; alternate shelves'being pivotallyy connected to the forward columns' 11 and the intermediate shelves pivoted to the columns 14. Openings 26 are formed in yEach shelf is formed with record 29; the record being placedin posi'- 'tion of the shelf yby sliding it horizontally between theouter portionsof the flange 28.

The shelf 25 is designed to be oscillated to lassume an advancedy or retractedposition and whenfin its retractedv position, to disf pose the record thereon wholly within the cabinet but whenfdisposed in: its advancedr lI .position the edge of the record will project 'exteriorly `ofthe cabinet as kindicated'vin dotted. lines Lin Fig, 12,' Thaforward edge an arcuate. ange or rib 28 yto form the shelf with a recess having a wall adapted to substantially f' conform to the periphery of a phonograph iosf of the. shelf is'v spacedfsuch distzuiceiV from the flange 28 that when the' record is' placed on the shelf the forward portion ofV ltheLV record will project/beyond the front edge. of the shelf so that it may be readily grasped and removed from the shelf and lreplaced thereupon. Extending vertically between the top and bottom members 9 and l0 'on the forward edges thereof and adjacent to the 'sides thereof, are' panelsl 30-30 spaced apart to afford kan opening throughout? the height' of the cabinet` through which the records'fma'yl'befinsertcd or removed. Pivotally mounted at 3l on the outer end'of each shelf is a'xstem '32 which` projects through and i's' guided 'in an opening 33m the panel 30, which1 stem affords means' for manually operating'the shelf.

In-the preferred em'fbodiment ofthe'v invention'f shown iii-Fig. 2, the shelf isfa'dapted to'y be` 'moved vto' its advanced? position under the action of a spring'34 which' is wound' around the column on` which the shelf is pivoted and vhas one end bearing 'against the intermediate' column and has' its other end' bearing'onit-he shelfr in such manner as to exert an outward pressure on the latter. Asia means for holding the'she'lf'in a retracted' Iposition in opposition to: the spring a catch is provided which embodies an arnr 36' having' an opening 87 vwhereby it. may be-mounted on columns '13 or 16.- 'Ehe' outer endof the catch is formed with an inclined projection. 38 adapted to be' engaged with a pin 39 on: the shelf. as- "sho-wn in Fig. :4 to'v hold the shelf against movement'under/action of the spring34. A spring 40'is' arranged to act' on( the arm 36 in' such manner 'as to maintainl thef catch in itsfadvanced position, which spring is here' shown as connected at 'one' end to the intermediate column and' has its' other end .connected'to' af projection'4'1 on-.the1armz36- .A slide-rod 42 bearing inv the panel 8O is arrange-d' to" abut' against the' projection .4l

yin such manner' that on' depression A of the vpush-rod the vcatch" may be thrown( out of engagement with the shelf so that thespring 34 may move the shelf to its advanced? position; the outer end of the push-rod` being fitted with a pus-h button 4?). Inf this. form oft the; invention when the shelfiis its ad va-need` i'p'osition', limited by stopepinf. 44 against which thetforwardv ed'ge of the shelf abuts', the stems 32 will project' tlirioughiA the plate 30 as' indicated in dot-ted'. lines in' Fig.

2; When itis desired to retract. theA shelf thezstem'. is pushed inwardly to move; the pin 39 into 'engagement' with the'. catch '35;

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' vanced? and' retracted. manually for.'^ which purposeI the stern-.32 is; provided with ahead@ 45' byzf n'i'eanss of which it. mayf'lez. readily grasped and pulled outwardly to advance column..

the' shelf ori pressed inwardly 'to .retract it.

An important feature of the present invention resides 'in the construction whereby the assemblage of7 the units may be readily effected which is accomplished in the following manner; the top member 9 beingy removed from the columns the lower plates 2(321 are set in position by passing the columns through the openings in the plates, whereupon a shelf'is'set in position lto seat on the plates by passing a forwardr column' through' thefopening 26. rllhe spring' 34 is then placed in position by passing' th'ercoils shelf asbe'foredescribed. lThe catch Sfis then set' in' 'position' by passing therear columnf `through the opening' thereing' the spring 4() is put.' 'inplace and thepush-roch 42. disposed' toI engage the projection: 4l on the catch; The? next and. the succeeding vunits are assembled ini like manner until the desired' `number,A offv units are disposed 'fin superposed' arrangement, whereupon the topi member 9'is2put inv place andv secured tothe columns by the screws 19.v It will-now be seen that the several.`units willv be securely heldinpositionicollectively.V The panels 30 are then set iir position with Ithe stems 321 projecting-'through' the yopenings 38 and the push-buttons43 on thepush-rods 42 extend ing through` openings in the-panels. Titlecards' 46 lmay be fastened tothe kpanelsiSO 'thereof over the column andv engaging' its.;v ends-,with the intermediate column andthe adjacent the pushebut-tons 43- or stems 32 bearing the title of the record carried by thel shelf controlled by the push-rods or stems. f

As al means for adaptingy the shelfy to receive recordsof various 4diameters fillerl blocks 47 (shown in Fig. 6) are employed, which Vfiller-blocks havev an arcuate rear 'edge 4;'8dadaptedi to conform to the arcuate flange 28rof1theshelfl and having an arcuate forward edge 49adapted to conform'to the 2. In a record-holder, a plurality of separablel plates arrangedin ai stack,y with; superposed plates bearing upon each other;l means for" spacing; adjacent plates apart, a Lcolumn passing.: through the vsta-ck f of plates. to holdthe plates collectively against movement rel- .atiye 'tot eachv other, anda shelf vinterp'sed between adj a-.cfent' platesy having' an. extension formed.: with an opening; through which the column is ypassed whereby,r said column will'` serve as a pivotal mounting for said shelf.

3. In a recordholder, a plurality of plates arranged in a stack and spaced apart, a series of columns passing through said plates serv-` in the stacks, said shelves being pivot'allyy mounted to swing horizontally on said plates.

L'In a record-holder, a plurality of plates arranged in a stack and spaced apart, a series of columns passing through said plates serving to hold the plates collectively against movement relative to eachother, a second'y stack of a plurality of plates, columns eX'- tending through said last named yplates,the plates in one column being in alignment with the plates of the other column, and a series of shelves slidably supported upon the plates in the stacks, alternate shelves being pivotally mounted on a column in one of thek stacks of plates andthe intermediate shelves f being pivoted on the column in the other stack of plates.

5. In a record-holder, a plurality of superimposed plates, each of which is formed with down-turned flanges whereby the adjacent plates will be supported in spaced 'relation to each other, each of said plates being formed with openings aligning with the openings in the adjacent plate; means pass` ing through the opening in the superposed plates for holding the plates collectively` against movement relative to each other, and

horizontally movable record-holding shelves interposed between and slidably supported' on said plates. i

6. In a reoordeholder, a plurality of' superimposed plates, each of which is formed with down-turned flanges whereby thek adjacent plates will be supported in spaced relationto eachother, each of said plates being formed with openings aligning with `the openings in the adjacent plate; means passing through the 4openings 4in the superposed plates lfor holding the plates collectively against movementrelative to each other, and horizontally y' movabley record-holding shelves interposed between and slidably :supported on said plates, a complementary stack of superposed yplates c'o-operating with the firstk named pivotally f mounting said shelves; spring ymeans for advancing the shelves; yand means for holding the shelves in a retracted posi-V tion inopposition to said spring means.

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plates in supporting said shelves; means for f 

